Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard 企て，努力，提案 別れの（言葉，会） to MLS adventures - but what 遺産／遺物 will the Liverpool and Chelsea legends leave Stateside?

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They?（機の）カム as a pair and they will most likely leave as a pair. Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard are two wonderful footballers who will be forever linked.

In their best years, they were the 支配的な 人物／姿／数字s across a １０年間 for Liverpool and Chelsea それぞれ. In their twilight, they 長，率いるd to the US and made their debuts for LA 星雲 and New York City within weeks of each other.

Now, their time appears to be up. Lampard, 38, has 確認するd he is 捜し出すing new work, やめる かもしれない in coaching, and Gerrard, 36, has now also 明らかにする／漏らすd that his time in LA is up. He might have another dance left in him, but that seems more likely to be 支援する in Europe.

The question is how these two midfield missionaries got on across the 大西洋…?

Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard both appear to be at the end of their MLS experiences

The midfield pair 定期的に fought it out with Liverpool and Chelsea before moving to the US

The numbers…

Gerrard: 39 games, five goals, 15 補助装置s. No トロフィーs.

Lampard: 31 games, 14 goals, three 補助装置s. No トロフィーs.

What were their best moments?

Gerrard: There 港／避難所't been many since he arrived in summer 2015 on a £4million-a-year 取引，協定. The 最高潮の場面 was most likely his MLS debut on July 17, 2015 when he 得点する／非難する／２０d once and made another for Robbie Keane in a 5-2 大打撃を与えるing of San Jose 地震s.

Gerrard celebrates 得点する／非難する／２０ing on the 最高潮の場面 of his LA 星雲 career - his July 2015 debut

Lampard: After the debacle of his arrival and first season, he had a good second （選挙などの）運動をする even if his time in America, like Gerrard's, has not 産する／生じるd a トロフィー.

That second season saw him 得点する／非難する／２０ 12 in 16 starts, 含むing a hat-trick against Colorado in July, which went some way to transforming public perceptions of his time in the country.

Lampard 得点する／非難する／２０d a hat-trick for New York City against Colodrado 早いs in July

Any hiccups?

Gerrard: There have been no stand-out 演劇s, unlike Lampard, though the experience has been underwhelming.

For much of his first season, there were 執拗な suggestions that his 傾向 in the 味方する was 現実に a hindranc e than a help.

One instance in March of this year centred on a game against San Jose 地震s when Gerrard （機の）カム off with a calf 傷害 after four minutes and was 取って代わるd by Baggio Husidic, a Bosnian footballer with no 広大な／多数の／重要な history.

It was trumpeted as a 調印する that the team 現実に played better in Gerrard's absence.

There have been suggestions that Gerrard was more a hindrance than a help to LA 星雲

Lampard: The whole farce of his arrival. His 調印 was 発表するd on July 24, 2014, with the 出発／死ing Chelsea midfielder coming in on £3.9m a year for a newly-formed club. Then bedlam.

He was 貸付金d a week later to sister club Manchester City for six months and that 貸付金 turned into a one-year 永久の 取引，協定.

He finally made his debut on August 1, 2015, by which point he was いっそう少なく than popular with fans. One 早期に 報告（する）／憶測 labelled him the worst 調印 in MLS history.

Lampard was dubbed the worst 調印 in MLS history at one point while he was sidelined

What did the fans think?

Gerrard: The sense is that Gerrard's time in the US was a bit of an anti-最高潮. However, now that he has 確認するd his 出口 there could be more of an outpouring of affection as there has been with Lampard.

Gerrard 提起する／ポーズをとるs for a photo with former England and LA 星雲 team-mate Ashley Cole

Lampard: Very much a mixed 捕らえる、獲得する with defined highs and lows. Given what happened around his arrival, there was 際立った 早期に 対立.

Around 300 people asked for season ticket refunds in 返答 to the 状況／情勢 and when NYCFC were destroyed 7-0 by New York Red Bulls in May, his every touch was booed. That was かもしれない the low point for his 人気.

But it turned 意味ありげに as his 2016 goal 急ぐ 伸び（る）d 速度(を上げる）. When he 発表するd he was leaving, the 公式の／役人 City of New York Twitter 料金d 地位，任命するd: 'Thank you, Frank. We will 行方不明になる you.'

Lampard is pictured on a run through Central Park after his NYCFC 出口 告示

How did they adapt to life off the pitch?

Gerrard: Like Lampard, he has revelled in the anonymity. In March, he told the Daily Telegraph: 'The best part has been the ability to go incognito. Not many people know who I am out here. サッカー is No 5, No 6 in the order of important sports in this country. There are many bigger 星／主役にするs out here than us 首相 League footballers.

'Here, I can leave the house, go for a coffee, go for a meal, go to the cinema and be left alone to enjoy a 確かな level of privacy. It has been refreshing.'

A social マスコミ 地位，任命する this week 追加するd: 'I will 行方不明になる you LA.'

A greater challenge for Gerrard has been adapting to the 地理学 of playing in such a 広大な country.

Speaking last season, he said: 'I certainly don't want to feel like I'm feeling 権利 now come next year. Going on the road, playing on turf, playing at 高度, playing in 湿度, those are the 障害物s that I've had to 直面する over the last three months that I wasn't aware of. Every away game has a different challenge.'

Gerrard 地位，任命するd this image on Instagram earlier this week, 説:?'I will 行方不明になる you LA'

Gerrard and his wife Alex Curran are pictured dining out at LA eatery Craig's Restaurant

Lampard: Seems to have 完全に enjoyed living in one of the world's most exciting cities.

He said recently: 'It's been a 広大な／多数の／重要な experience. If it ended tomorrow it's been an amazing experience ーに関して／ーの点でs of that little patch where I've helped us に向かって getting to the play-offs. But also the life experience.

'It's definitely broadened my horizons. I definitely feel wiser coming over and 現実に living in a different country. I love it here. I've got a 広大な／多数の／重要な life living in the city.'

New York City midfielder Lampard enjoys a beer with wife Christine Lampard in the Hamptons

Lampard has embraced living in New York and says his move has broadened his horizons

What did they mean to the club?

Gerrard: Arrived at LA 星雲 when they were MLS Cup 支持する／優勝者s but failed in two 試みる／企てるs to go beyond the 会議／協議会 半分-決勝戦.

He 成し遂げるd reasonably in the US but appears to be a long way 除去するd from the game-形態／調整ing 軍隊 of nature that used to 支配する Liverpool's midfield.

This is a 要約 from newstalk.com, which was 地位，任命するd this week: 'Gerrard will be remembered as one of the most disappointing 指定するd Players in the history of MLS. Arriving as a 首相 League 広大な／多数の／重要な, he never settled into an LA 星雲 team that 率直に were better off without him.

Gerrard has not been the game-形態／調整ing 軍隊 that was seen at Liverpool in his prime

'His かかわり合い was questioned, 飛行機で行くing 支援する and 前へ／外へ across the 大西洋 to continue his work as a television pundit in England, and the glimpses of his ability over his 18 months Stateside were few and far too far between.'

Financially, LA 星雲 will have at least seen a decent 上げる, with 報告（する）／憶測s at the start of the year （人命などを）奪う，主張するing he was the 主要な Englishman anywhere in the world for shirt sales.

Lampard: For all the 傷害s and the nonsense of his arrival, it seems he will be 行方不明になるd. David 郊外住宅 wrote: 'Thanks Frank Lampard for everything! It was a 楽しみ living this entire experience with you! Good luck on your next endeavour legend!'

Team-mate Andrea Pirlo 追加するd: 'Thank you Frank. I've been honoured a nd It has been a 楽しみ to play with you in this year. I wish you and your family all the best!'

にもかかわらず that 人気, the best he managed was getting New York City to the 会議／協議会 半分-決勝戦 this year, where they were 乱打するd 7-0 across two 脚s by Toronto.

Lampard appears to have 始める，決める an example that will be 行方不明になるd by his team-mates in New York

And finally… how would their time in the US 率 out of 5?

Gerrard: 2/5

Lampard: 3/5